Ending a session

ha ha ya and thats another scenario i find happens alot... everyone else was smart enough to get out and im sittin there like an idiot by myself sayin one more when the tide is obviously too fat and its hardly breaken .... or tryin to ride suicidal shore pound or somethin

 

Well, I always catch a wave in, and as I'm walking up the beach I'll see such a nice set come in. Kind of a "should have waited one more min" kinda thing

 

Anectdotaly, this Sunday there was a little window where a nice longboard wave was working off my favorite jetty in Monmouth County. Nothing epic, but nice peelers to cruise and play. Me and one other guy out trading waves. Eventually, tide filled in and shut the whole thing down. Other guy got tired of waiting for his last wave and paddled in. I floated for like another 15-20 minutes believing there would be one to take me home. Sure enough, out of total flatness the biggest, "bestest" wave of the day reared up and escorted me up the beach until my skeg scraped sand and I hopped off into 6 inches of water. I knew that was my last wave of the session and was pleased as punch about it, as they say. Packed up and watched for a bit and did not see another wave come in. In fact, I don't think I've seen a wave since then. Waiting worked out on that one for sure.

 

i always find myself saying one last wave just one and if its crappy im like that doesnt count i want a good one and if i get a good one im like well theres gotta be another good one comin soon

its a vicious cycle of procrastination

 

I hate it when it gets dark, and you can't see any thing but you still try to go for one more wave, even when you know that you could easily get caught by a bomb and drown. But I never paddle in to end a session. I always go for one more wave, but it's usually one of the worst waves because I put too much pressure on myself to make it good and I end up screwing up the take-off or something.

 

don't worry bro you wont drown. as long as youve got your wetsuit and surfboard (and a smart brain) you're actually pretty well off. That's not to say that the ocean is ridiculously overpowering but it's just all about goin with the flow and not fighting the ocean because she will always win.

sometimes my best sessions are when i'm completely alone in thigh-waisteek surf just on a longboard cause its so relaxing.

 

Yeah, sometimes it's all you got.

 

there was a funny article in Surfingmag (I think) a few months ago. The writer called it LWS (last wave syndrome).

and I've been late to work a few times waiting for one last good one to send me off right.

 

everyones home break is magical to themselves. I wouldn't of surfed anywhere else on hannah than Avalon... Your home break just has the great misty vibe that your so accustumed to, and I feel out of place if i surf in a different town, don't know about you

 

I do have to agree with you. I am bad at remembering hurricane names for some reason but the beginning of nov 07 our school took a mini surf trip for the day and caught it when it was clean and hollow. So i really like cape may on a north wind with some decent swell.